Catholic Church

christians in nigeria’s zamfara state have been cautioned against public worship in churches lest they be attacked, abducted, and their plac...

Jude Atemanke CNA

collected poems rowan williams carcanet, £15.99, 249 pages ________ the poetry of rowan williams is full of moments when the known world bec...

Susannah Herbert

archbishop allen vigneron of detroit said he was “heartbroken” on tuesday after hearing of the “horrific tragedy” of a school shooting outsi...

Joseph Bukuras

when patrick leigh fermor turned up at the gates of the monastery of saint–wandrille de fontenelle in normandy, he was trying to finish a bo...

Artemis Cooper

after the accession of elizabeth i in 1558, catholics were forced out of the ancient parish churches of england. by act of parliament, catho...

John Martin Robinson and Michael Hodges

this year, christmas midnight mass will mark exactly 900 years since st norbert and his first followers made their vows at midnight mass in ...

Abbott Hugh Allan

it was when i first saw uncle john harman’s black trousers protruding under father christmas’s scarlet robe that my world changed. up till t...

Antonia Fraser

we are winding up another year overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, and as we do so we are accompanied by hymns and carols heralding th...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

when a young christian girl from pakistan called farah shaheen was abducted from her home, not in their worst nightmares could her family im...

John Pontifex

confiteor: i rather enjoyed christmas 2020. having agreed with my parents that, in the context of a global pandemic, driving to wales and ba...

Serenhedd James